Odisha BJP Seeks NIA Probe Into Sambalpur Violence

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha unit of BJP wrote a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, requesting him to take steps for an inquiry by NIA into the violence in Sambalpur during Hanuman Jayanti celebrations.

In a letter signed by BJP’s state unit president Manmohan Samal and several party MPs and MLAs, they urged the Centre to direct the state government to take necessary measures to “restore law and order in Sambalpur” and ensure “communal harmony” in the western Odisha city.

“We strongly condemn the heinous act of communal violence and demand an impartial investigation by the NIA to unravel the conspiracy behind the incident, and strict action against the perpetrators,” the party said in the letter.